Trial Version
by Karan · in Torque Game Engine · 08/24/2005 (4:43 pm) · 6 replies
I have been trying to get into game programming and recently came accross the world of wonderful game engines like Torque. I saw how it worked through the demo and was very impressed with it. I also have been looking at its competition, like 3D GameStudio. What i wanted to ask was is there any way a user can try the software. 3D GameStudio allows you to try it for 30 days, but you cannot publish anything, and it actually gave me a chance to see it. However is there a chance to do that with Torque or most noticably i would like to see how scripting works. Is there any way to try it out. Thank you to anyone who can help.
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#2
08/24/2005 (4:49 pm)
Do you mean like the Demo available on the main page which shows like the features of the engine with the ORC and everything. I thought about that but i wasn't sure what to do with it. I mean i downloaded it and ran it, but is there any tutorials you could possibly point me to that works of the demo or anything. Thank You.
#3
08/24/2005 (4:49 pm)
I really doubt they'd give you a trial. 3D game studio is probably a program, it can be shut off after 30 days. Torque on the other hand is source code, they can't stop you from accessing it. So it's either buy it or not. (P.S. i say buy it)
#4
I thought Torque was the same. So it is actually an engine, and not really a program. Sorry i just need to understand it.
Thank You.
08/24/2005 (4:55 pm)
Hmmm i think maybe i misunderstood what the torque engine is. I thought it was sort of like 3D Game Studio. 3D Game Studio is sort of an all in one game package which you download and it has a world editor, model editor and script editor program attached to it. And basically you use a scripting language to make your game, or whatever else, and they all 3 talk to each other. So it is pretty easy.I thought Torque was the same. So it is actually an engine, and not really a program. Sorry i just need to understand it.
Thank You.
#5
Start the demo, on the main menu press F10 for the GUI editor... start a mission, press F11 for the World and Terrain editors or F10 for the GUI editor.
If you go in to the demo folders, you will find .cs files... open them and look around.
Theres a free torque script (.cs) editor called TorqueDev which you could use.
For model editing, you could use a free app such as Blender.
Torque isn't a drag and drop game engine like 3DGS is. If you want an easy game engine then go with 3DGS... if you want professional game engine then go with Torque.
08/24/2005 (5:13 pm)
Karan, Torque has built in GUI, World, Terrain and Particle editors. Start the demo, on the main menu press F10 for the GUI editor... start a mission, press F11 for the World and Terrain editors or F10 for the GUI editor.
If you go in to the demo folders, you will find .cs files... open them and look around.
Theres a free torque script (.cs) editor called TorqueDev which you could use.
For model editing, you could use a free app such as Blender.
Torque isn't a drag and drop game engine like 3DGS is. If you want an easy game engine then go with 3DGS... if you want professional game engine then go with Torque.
Torque Owner Blake LaPierre
What you get when you buy Torque is the complete source code for the .exe and other tools/libraries.